Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Los Angeles Sued By ACLU Over Scooter Tracking

On-demand scooter companies in the City of Los Angeles have gained a new ally in their efforts to keep the data about their scooters private, after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) over its collection of anonymized electric scooter data. According to the complaint filed by the ACLU, the ACLU says that the collection of trip data by Los Angeles is "violation of their right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures in contravention of the United States and California Constitutions" and also says that data collection violates the California Electronic Communications Private Act (CalEPCA). Among other demanDs, the lawsuit seeks to stop the collection of that data by Los Angeles, to delete all "precise and identifiable location data" and alsO is looking for damages.